§ MR. ARTHUR LEEI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state on what date the tenders for the main contract at Rosyth were invited and by what date will they be returnable.
§ MR. MCKENNAInvitations to tender, with full contract particulars, were issued on 23rd October. Tenders are to be sent in on 22nd December, 1908.
§ MR. ARTHUR LEEWill the bonus be of a substantial nature?
§ MR. MCKENNAI cannot give the exact figure. Much depends on what the hon. Gentleman means by "substantial."
§ MR. JOHN WARD (Stoke-on-Trent)asked whether, in view of the bonus that was to be given, care would be taken to see that proper wages were paid to the workmen.
§ MR. MCKENNAIt is already a condition of the contract that fair wages shall be paid.